Mibu Hanadaue rice planting festival, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was held for the first time in 3 years in Kita-hiroshima, May 5.

[CANCELED] Mibu-no-Hanadaue Traditional Rice Planting Ritual

Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual said to have roots in the middle ages that is renacted on the

Dressing the oxen at the Mibu-no-hanadue ritual rice planting festival

The Mibu-no-hanadaue ritual rice planting festival in Chiyoda, Kita-hiroshima, is the largest and most spectacular of many similar festivals held